Heel



/ H. SUMMERS.

HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 2,1920.

1,340,571. Patented y 18, 1920.

ADOLPH SOMMERS, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedJanuary 2, 1920. Serial No. 348,910.

To all who 1n it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLrH H. SoMMnRs,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Allentown, in thecounty of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Heels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to heels and more particularly to fastening meansfor effectively securing the heel to the shoe.

An important obj ect of my invention is to provide fastening means ofthis character which will be especially adapted for use with ladieshigh-heel shoes and which will effectively and positively secure theheel to the shoe and prevent breaking away of the heel from the sole atthe point of attachment or of the plies of the heel from each otheradjacent this point.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastening means of thischaracter of I of the high-heel type.

strong and durable construction, easily applied and inexpensive tomanufacture.

Other objects and advantages reside in the certain novel features of theconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts which will becomeapparent as the description proceeds, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved fastening means,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the same, a

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view showing my fastening means applied,

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing a modified form of fasteningmeans applied, i

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the modified form of fastening means.

feferring to the drawings it will be seen ,my invention contemplatesashoe indicated generally at 10 and including a sole 11 and a heel 12attached to the sole by cement, pegs or the like. As shown, the heel 12is p 13 indicates the line of attachment of the heel to the sole and 1aand 15 the lines between the plies of the heel adjacent the pointof-attachment.

In practice it has been found that due to the shape of the high-heel andits relation to the shoe and to the weight of the wearer, that thestrain at the rearmost point of attachment, that is, to the rear of theheel along the lines 13, l l and 15, is of such moment as to break awaythe heel from the shoe or to break away the plies "of the heel from eachother adjacent this point, despite the cement, pegs or other fasteningmeans now employed. i

To overcome and remedy this difficulty I provide an improved fasteningmeans positioned at the point where the moment of the strain is thegreatest and preferably provide a countersink therefor, as indicated at16 in Fi 4-. The fastening means comprises a body portion 17 adapted tobe seated in the countersink 16 and an integral downwardly extendingdonble-prong 18 adapted to be engaged over the sole 11, and an integralupwardly extending'prong 19 at its lower end adapted to be driven intothe body ,of the heel. Between the upper and lower stamping or punching.the same from the body portion 17. The the body of the heel.

The region of the engagement of the prong 19 with the body of the heelis below the point where the moment of the :--strain is so great as totend-to cause the plies of the heel to break away from each other.

In the forms of my invention shown in Figs. & and 5, the body portion ofthe fastening means is solid andunbroken and the middle prong 20 isdispensed with. The body portion in this form is tapered from the upperto the lower end as shown in Fig. 5. This form of fastening means is inall other respects like the preferred form. and is positioned inprecisely the same manner, as shown in Fig. at.

As previously described the fastening means is seated in a countersinkas shown in Fig. 4 but, if desired, the countersink may be dispensedwith and fastening means applied directly to the rear face of the heelas shown in Fig. 3. The outer face of the body portion is colored to.correspond with the color of the heel and blends with the same, so asprong 20 alsg Patented May 18, 1920. Q

to escape the notice of the ordinary observer.

heel adjacent the sole break away from each 1 other or these parts showa tendency to this action. When thls occurs the countersink is formed inthe'heel and the fastening means pressed or driven into position by anysuitable tools, while the parts of the shoe are held in their properposition. After the fastening means has been driven home the parts ofthe shoe are effectively and positively maintained in proper position,strain beingtaken through the fastening means to the sol e, the partbest adapted to bear the same.

I claim a v 1. In a device of the character described, the combinationwith a shoe including a sole and a heel attached thereto having a'countersinkin its rear face adjacent the point of attachment to thesole, of fastening means consisting of a body portion adapted to beseated in the countersink of said heel, a downwardly extending prong atthe upper end of said body portion adapted to engage the sole, anupwardly extending prong at the lower end of said body portion adaptedto engage the heel and an intermediate prong adapted to engage the heel.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a shoeincluding a sole and a heel attached thereto, of fastening means, forsecuring the heel to the sole disposed at the rearrnost point ofattachment and consisting of a body portion, a down wardly extendingprong at its upper end engaging the sole, an upwardlyextending prong atits lower end engaging the heel and an intermediate prong engaging theheel.

3. In a device of the. character described, the combination with a shoeincluding a sole and a heel attached thereto, or" fastening meanssecuring the heel to the sole disposed at therearmost point ofattachment and consisting of a body portion, an upper prong engagingthe'sol'e, a lower prong engaging the heel, and an intermediateprongengag-. ing the heel. U y

4, Ina device of the character described, the combination with a shoeincluding a sole and a heel attached; thereto, of fastening meanssecuring the heel to the sole disposed at the rearmost point ofattachment" and consisting of a body portion, an upper prong engagingthe sole anda lower prong engaging the heel. i

5. Ina device of the character described, the combination with a shoeincluding a sole and a heel attached thereto, of fastening meanssecuringthe heeltothe sole disposed at the rearrnost point of attachment and"consisting of a tapered body portion, an upper prongengaging the soleand a lowerprong engaging the h'eel ADOLPH SUMMERS.

